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june 28, 2019 - Nissan

Ten millionth vehicle built at Nissan Sunderland Plant


  • Nissan Sunderland Plant becomes the fastest UK site to reach the milestone
  • On average the plant has built a car every two minutes since production started
  • Parked bumper to bumper, the 10m cars would stretch around the globe

SUNDERLAND, UK (20 June, 2019) – Nissan Sunderland Plant is celebrating another record breaking milestone as the ten millionth vehicle rolls of the production line.

It has taken the plant 33 years to reach the ten million mark – making it the fastest car factory in the UK to the landmark figure. It also means that, on average, a new car has been built in Sunderland every two minutes since production started in 1986.

And if all ten million cars were parked nose to tail they would stretch for more than 42,000km – which is enough to go all the way around the equator of the world, with a few to spare.

Steve Marsh, Nissan Sunderland Plant Vice President, Manufacturing, said: “Building ten million vehicles is a tremendous achievement for everyone associated with the plant.

“Reaching this huge figure has called on all the ingenuity, commitment and spirit of our highly skilled workforce, many of who hail from the North East of England.

“Together we are determined to continue to drive up the high quality standards our customers have come to expect over the last three decades.”

The ten millionth car was a Vivid Blue Nissan Qashqai Tekna, complete with ProPILOT technology, which controls the steering, acceleration and braking in a single lane on highways during heavy traffic congestion and high-speed cruising. The pioneering crossover is also the most produced model at the plant, contributing more than 3.4 million to the overall figure. Micra is the second most produced car, with close to 2.4 million being built in Sunderland.

Qashqai is one of nine main models to be built at the plant since the first Bluebird was built in 1986 and it is one of three currently made at the plant, alongside the all-electric LEAF and Juke. Last year production of Juke passed one million, with Primera the only other model to hit seven figures at just under 1.5 million.

Nissan Sunderland Plant was built on the site of a former airfield, with a ground breaking ceremony taking place in July 1984. The first Bluebird rolled off the line two years later in 1986, and production for the first year was 5,139. The total workforce at that time was 470, compared to about 7,000 today.

TOTAL PRODUCTION BY VEHICLE (sorted by volume at end of May 2019)

Model

First produced

Last produced

Total made

Qashqai

2006

Ongoing

3,416,472

Micra

1992

2010

2,368,704

Primera

1990

2007

1,483,059

Juke

2010

Ongoing

1,053,178

Almera

2000

2006

642,420

Note

2006

2016

676,438

LEAF

2010

Ongoing

141,517

Bluebird

1986

1990

187,178

Q30

2015

2019

76,166

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